After a full morning at work and with a lunch break ahead of me of one hour and half, an easy, quick and delicious meal is the only thing I want for my family. Lunch breaks are always a challenge for me and sometimes, if […]

This is a quick, quick, quick weeknight dinner that tastes amazing. If you are a shrimp lover, you probably make it often like I do! It is so much easier to prepare than chicken after a long day at work. Plus, it tastes amazing no matter how you prepare...

I have a couple of old annuals called "The Best of Gourmet", and I really like them because they have a lot of recipes for just 2 servings, and the size of the servings are sensible; not enough for 4 or more, as some newer cookbooks have. The recipes also...

This dish is a nice spring time meal. It's quick, easy, and full of flavor. I've been craving fruit, especially tropical fruits, so this pineapple dish hit the spot for me. I've been trying to cook as much as possible lately, though it's difficult. I've...

Preparation: 20 min - Cooking: 10 min It’s a sweet and spicy orange ginger dressing that gives these lettuce wraps with shrimp, snow peas, and broccoli a bright and zingy flavor. For us weight watching folks, lettuce wraps are hardly a new thing. Back in the day (more than 20 years ago now)...

An easy (healthy!) shrimp, snow pea, and ginger stir fry that can be made in less than 15 minutes! Serve on its own or with sushi rice, brown rice, or soba noodles! This week has flown by! How in the world is it almost the weekend? I’m actually on a plane...

COOKING SNOW PEAS IN SPRING COOKING SNOW PEAS Snow peas are a popular cool season oriental vegetable that was arrived in the West along with Chinese immigrants – one... AppleWasabi Healthy Cooking Blog

Never be afraid to make your own Chinese take-out. It is much easier than you think and so much cheaper! I had been promising the husband my homemade egg rolls since Christmas Eve. Well now we are nearing the end of January {what?} and I still had not made...

Another stir fry dish again! I love anything stir fry because its so quick to prepare and brings a little bit of home (Singapore/Asia) to our dining table. If you are wondering what the brown noodle is beside the snow peas chicken is, they are fried rice...

Preparation: 5 min - Cooking: 15 min We now join Sis. Boom. blog! by Trevor Kensey, already in progress: French Friday’s with Dorie – Haiku! I see it again packed nicely, four to a box how does one eat it? First kiss it with mint huddle with peas, mint, garlic Steam it in foil slide in the...

Spring Break came...and Spring Break went. Notice that I didn't say vacation? It was a fairly smooth road trip halfway across the country and back for me and my three children to visit aunts, uncles, and cousins. Baseball games, riding Harleys, playing...

Thai Red Curry on my taste buds reminds me of Tom Yum concoction with creamy Curry. It is sourish, fragrant and appetizing. The best protein to go with, in my humble opinion is Seafood. Thus this time I made it with Prawns/Shrimps, compared to the previous...

Preparation: 5 min - Cooking: 10 min EverydayMaven™ Right now, all I have been wanting is soup. For lunch. For dinner. In a mug as a snack. Not too surprising since I am always proclaiming my undying love for soup and it’s been cold and grey here lately. Not nearly as cold as most of the country...

Another take-out favorite for you! I’ve been using shrimp as often as I can, as they’re less than $5 a pound for large heads-on. And without a doubt, stir-frying is one of my favorite things to do with them. I remembering my mom ordering shrimp with snow...

Flank Steak is perfect for this dish.The longest cooking time in this meal is the cooking of the brown rice which is a quite easy thing to do and it ups the nutrition and fiber value of the meal greatly, not to mention the nutty flavor it adds. The stir...